Citadel
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| / / PLAYER | @Kurama0900 |
| : BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | |
| / / Real Name | Garret Brennar |
| / / Known Aliases | "Static Shark" |
| / / Gender | Male |
| / / Species | Loxen-Shik; Extraterrestrial Shark-Wolf Hybrid |
| / / Ethnicity | Thoram |
| / / Place of Birth | DATA REDACTED |
| / / Current Location | Millennium City |
| / / Relatives | None |
| : DESCRIPTION | |
| / / Age | 28; 24 April, 1985 |
| / / Height | 5'10 |
| / / Weight | 155 lbs |
| / / Eyes | Blue |
| / / Hair | Black with white highlights |
| / / Complexion | Black with white underbelly |
| / / Build | Athletic |
| / / Notable Features | None |
| : LEGAL STATUS | |
| / / Identity | Semi-Public |
| / / Citizenship | American |
| / / Married | No |
| / / Occupation | None |
| / / Education | Masters in Applied Robotics and Cybernetics |
| / / Years of Activity | 3 |
| / / Married | No |
| / / Notoriety | Registered Superhero |
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| Electromagnetic Phenomena Generation :: Super-Conduction Manipulation :: Electrical Manipulation | |
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| Custom-built TITAN Exoskeleton Mk. II (ACTIVE) | |
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Garret Brennar is the superhero Citadel, a power-armored manipulator of electromagnetic phenomena. His deep fascination for technology and invention allowed him to develop a powered exoskeleton capable of channeling his innate abilities. He became active as a registered superhero after aiding against the Quillar invasion, though since then he had largely worked alone.
Profile
It's not common knowledge as to what, exactly, Garret is. Many surmise that he was born on Earth as a mutant, his transformation having been triggered through a specific series of events. Others guess that he is an alien, sent to Earth from an unknown corner of the galaxy - or universe, even. Whatever he may be, Garret lives a double-life -- the other as the power-armored superhero, Citadel.
From a young age, Garret had always been fascinated by technology and wished to pursue it without regard for anything else. He was always odd, even through childhood -- his foster parents, who had discovered the newborn Garret in a technologically advanced escape pod in the fields of upstate Michigan, had begun to notice strange behaviors throughout his infancy. He began to walk within his first year, spoke full sentences by the time he was three, and demonstrated an advanced intelligence by the age of six. Intelligence of this type was not entirely uncommon, especially in a world full of superheroes, but nevertheless he was deemed "gifted" and had applied knowledge of engineering and technology -- a trait that followed him throughout his youth.
During one summer when he was twelve years of age, his family had taken a vacation to the coast of California. During one of their boat outings, Garret was thrown off by the haphazard piloting of his older brother, where he would be struggling against the rushing waters of not only the boat's wake but also the tide. When the family had struggled to turn around he'd noticed that he was being surrounded by sharks -- but knew well enough to not do anything in order to provoke them, except rubbing their snouts if they came too close. As soon as one brushed up against his leg, he fell unconscious, saved just in time by his family and rushed immediately to the hospital.
Physical touch of the shark's skin material triggered the deactivation of his advanced camouflaging protocol, though it appeared to the doctors and nurses tending to him that he was in the midst of a biological transformation -- thus came the initial belief that he was a mutant. He was revealed to be a half-breed creature mixed with genetic material closely similar to both Earth's sharks and wolves.
Over time he began to recollect the memories of his real parents, and their knowledge as well. He kept this, for the most part, secret until actively pursuing the vigilante life -- and even then, he'd mostly kept quiet about it.
Heroic Origins
At first, Garret had no unusual abilities. He was slightly more athletic than ordinary humans, with the added benefit of being able to swim underwater without having to come up for air. His beginnings as a superhero came during his time as a student in college.
A student of the Detroit College for Creative Studies as the city was being rebuilt, Garret was essentially a social outcast with little to no friends to call his own. He kept himself shut in for most of his days while attending school and seldom left his small basement apartment. Although good-natured with a very easy-going personality, his colleagues saw him as nothing more than an anti-social shut-in. As aliens, mutants, and other various forms of meta-humans were commonplace, many had accepted his appearance almost right off of the bat.
He enrolled in the Millennium City Institute of Technology and began to pursue another degree in Applied Robotics and Cybernetics as the city was nearing the end of its reconstruction knowing his love for technology would help him with a career upon earning the degree. To pay for this he had taken several decently-waged jobs and had to juggle schedules between school, and four different part-time jobs. Due to his aptitude for tech support, he also freelanced himself as a repair specialist for some of the more high-profile superheroes roaming the city that weren't able to do it on their own. Although his social anxiety didn't help him make contacts amongst these champions, the experiences he would learn from this job would prove beneficial for him in the future.
During his last year under the Applied Robotics and Cybernetics program he became acquainted with a group of Electrical Engineers who were preparing an experiment with tesla coils for their senior thesis, and they offered him a chance to take part in it. He agreed to, at the very least, observe.
Something during the experiment went wrong, as there was a severe and devastating leak of energy. Garret and several others taking part in the experiment were struck, with him being rendered comatose for an entire year. During his recovery, he would have sudden bursts of life and static electricity in the hospital while the doctors were studying and caring for him. When he awoke, he found that he was able to harness the electrical output of nearby equipment, and produce static discharge. He could feel such energy coursing through his body, but when came into contact with others he would give them intense, near-fatal shocks.
For a while after acquiring these abilities he had remained largely isolated, keeping to himself in his own apartment, while coming to terms with how he had changed. During his isolation he had began to, at the very least, find some way to control his outbursts. He developed the idea for a powered suit of armor that could not only contain his electric discharge, but also channel it as condensed bursts of energy. This idea would blossom into his first basic exoskeleton -- a combination of a chest piece and a pair of armor-plated rubber gloves with the materials able to conduct electricity. He was given his first opportunity to put his newfound abilities to good use when Millennium City fell under attack by the Quillar invasion. His new suit allowed him to project amplified electricity in condensed streams from his hands, useful against the invading aliens.
After the invasion, Garret felt confident enough that he had enough control of his powers through his new suit, which he continued to work on and improve, and assumed the identity of Citadel.
True Origins
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Traits
Qualities
Personality
- Always Up for a Good First Impression -- He tries not to make too much of a blunder of himself when first meeting a new person. A lot of people throughout his college life had appreciated this quality of him.
- Confident -- He's brash, he's flirty -- basically, just overly confident. Of course, this may be a fault of his as he can easily be distracted by the simpler things that he feels he's good at.
- Outgoing -- Garret has been making strides since graduating from his Master's program to be a little more proactive in social activity, frequenting clubs and bars around Millennium City in hopes to achieve such. However, despite his confidence, he is still somewhat shy and nervous around very large crowds, and the other sex.
- Determined -- When his mind is set, he follows it. Despite the TITAN being put-off from completion for the last few months of his graduate program, he was still able to complete it. Despite his dream to work on the TITAN, he was still able to acquire his Master's Degree.
Strengths and Advantages
- Expansive Intelligence -- Garret accumulates and recalls information at an inhuman rate, building on to the already-growing repository of knowledge accumulated with, and since, his birth. He was able to talk, and form simple yet coherent sentences six months into his infancy (following reanimation from cryogenesis). Not long after, he was able to walk normally (as if he were an older adolescent rather than an infant). Garret uses this trait towards helping him fine-tune his exoskeleton.
- Inhuman Athleticism -- Not many would be able to see it on their first meeting with Garret, but he is able to run faster and jump higher/farther than normal human beings (though not enough to be considered "superhuman"). Many speculate that it is a result of his mutation.
Weaknesses
- Thoram Intellect -- Garret may be a genius-level intellect, but his knowledge -- besides universal and practical understandings -- mostly derives from his Thoram parents, which was only a disadvantage at a younger age but still persists today as he ocassionally gets calculations wrong based on his own kind's understanding of formula rather than what is commonly used on Earth.
- Small Frame -- The suit amplifies his strength, but when he's not wearing it Garret has a much weaker body frame, and therefore is not able to take part in physical combat without the aid of the TITAN -- and if he does, he risks the possibility of near-certain death.
- "Not the gills!" -- A downside to being a shark-anthro is having the physical qualities of a shark, and that includes its weaknesses. As such, Garret is easily stunned when punched in his gills. Thankfully for him, his armor covers and protects his entire neck. It would take an EXTREMELY PRECISE attack to hit against his neck with enough force that it slams against the gills through the armor.
- Distracted -- Garret admits to being distracted almost all of the time. This doesn't bode well, most of all, in a combat-heavy setting where his distractions can often cause him to lose focus of the issue at-hand, and get he or his teammates hurt.
- "I Only have a Master's Degree!" -- Garret considers himself brilliant and highly intelligent, so when there is a question that he does not know the answer to, he blames the fact that he only finished school with a Master's Degree instead of a Doctorate for his lack of knowledge.
The Gear
To assist with the conduction of his electro-static powers, Garret had commissioned the creation of a suit capable of storing his innate energy, which he had dubbed the TITAN -- noting himself that the name was a work in progress. For all intents and purposes it was a powered exoskeleton with specially-made gauntlets capable of channeling Garret's energy into concentrated blasts. The suit itself is equipped over a thin and flexible nano-polymer that can also act as active camouflage, which can allow him to wear the suit at all times and only equip the armored components as needed. The suit worn over his civilian clothing is of particular note as it can act as a second line of defense with its reactive nano-fibers, allowing for the impression of impenetrability and invulnerability as an innate power -- though this has limits, as the reactive shielding can wear off after an intense barrage of kinetic energy or high-caliber ammunition. The drawback to his entire armor system is that he is not able to carry the entirety of the suit at all times, lacking a portable option to equip his powered gauntlets, and armored chest plate when it's needed.
When activated, the armor system is powered directly by Garret's energy output with a conductive reactor installed in each of his armored components, which includes the boots. His armor, when fully assembled, is capable of achieving supersonic flight from its boots.
Experiences
Recent Events
03/25/13 -- Garret intercepted a call from a hero in need of assistance with a massive group of thugs of the Red Banner cult. He was joined by Wyvern and Diverboy Edge to assist what Garret thinks was an android named Mei Li. Though the massive horde of gangbangers was eventually dealt with by the team of four, it begs the question as to why such a massive group would attack a single woman -- an ancient artifact was taken, evidentally, and they were willing to go to any lengths to get it back.
03/27/13 -- While on patrol in Westside, Millennium City, Garret was shot down by an anti-air missile fired from a portable, hand-held launcher. He was knocked out of the sky and crashed into a nearby warehouse, where he was then pursued by VIPER agents that were in the area. It was a decently-sized group that was easy to knock around, but Garret was forced to leave when a group of powered armor footsoldiers joined the fray. It is possible that Garret had stumbled across a closely-guarded secret and was taken out (or close to it) because of it.
03/28/13 -- A particularly eventful day/evening for Garret as he not only stopped a VIPER assassination attempt on Mayor Biselle, but he took part in combat later on with supposed VIPER agents who brought along a creature very much resembling Diamondback. Alongside the assistance of Liberty's Shield, Iron, Hyena, Blackwing, and Muscle Wizard they had managed to rescue Panzer from the villains, though Panzer was rendered temporarily unconscious due to a fall from 50 feet. Though the reptilian managed to escape, the rest of its cohorts were incapacitated and subdued.
04/08/13 -- While expecting a package that held components necessary to complete Garret's newest suit variant, he had received a package he believed to be the one that was unmarked, but a good size. He set it down on the floor of his penthouse apartment and was preparing to get set to work until the package exploded, having been a make-shift bomb, and the reactive countermeasures of the TITAN armor began to quickly assemble the suit - but not before Garret was sent hurtling out of the apartment's windows in a ten-story freefall down onto the roof of the adjacent building. The suit abosrbed most of the impact but was severely damaged. Garret was knocked unonscious before being rescued by a group of heroes composed of Hyena, Atomac, Wyvern, Guidelight, with the later addition of Light Insignia to heal Garret's wounds caused by massive amounts of shrapnel. Wyvern stayed around to help him down into his "backup" apartment and the two struck up a casual conversation.
05/08/13 -- What was supposed to be a normal day quickly turned to chaos. The Blackwatch Tower was in the process of being rebuilt and as a result of this, many of the Blackwatch members freely available were called in to update their access codes and organizational profiles -- or so they thought. A replicating superbeing named Absorption not only took all of their precious information, but also drained the meta-human powers many of them exhibited, and left those who relied on personal technology devoid of their conveniences -- Garret notwithstanding. It was a struggle to bring the security protocols back online for the base, but the Blackwatch had to resort to chasing down the instigator, cornering her high in the sky on the roof of one of the Rennaissance Center's buildings. Having absorbed too much power from other heroes, the creature became unstable and eventually exploded.
Allies
- Wyvern/Jeanne -- "I met Jeanne when I answered a distress call in Westside. I only know so little about her, but she's a great gal who can kick a lot of ass. That's really all I need to know, and I know enough not to get on her bad-side."
Enemies
LAIR
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A second-generation A.I. construct unveiled as to become a forbearer of cybernetic and android advancement, the F.R.E.E. (Free-Replicant Endoskeletal Extension) Android was supposedly based on self-replicating technology that allows the A.I. to copy itself onto multiple different platforms to allow for synchronization between the different systems. As the technology developed the platform, itself, was eventually rendered outdated as newer and more improved models were pushed out for production. As far as a self-replicating A.I. goes, the second-generation did not seem overly thrilled that it was being rendered obsolete. It went on a rampage and destroyed the future of the project, altogether, and adopted an extremely vengeful and cold personality towards human beings or those made of flesh. Extraterrestrials notwithstanding.
Through its prototype replication technology the construct is able to recreate itself in the image of the being it percieves at its greatest threat -- and the first individual it came across was Garret while he was on patrol. It is able to copy appearances near-exact, but it is not able to copy abilities, relying only on its strength and information feed to give itself tactical superiority over any given situation.
The first bout with LAIR rendered Garret's Mark I armor effectively demolished, forcing him to develop the Mark II Citadel variant of his powered armor. As a result of this encounter, the construct developed a cold and vengeful personality through the information it had gathered and endeavored to be a "professional villain," utilizing its replication technology to craft itself a sizable force of robots.
It models its own personality after villainous Masterminds such as Doctor Destroyer.
Opinions
IC Comments
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Miscellaneous
RP Hooks
- Garret has done medium-wage tech-support for a wide variety of heroes, some even before they took up the vigilante call, around Millennium City. If yours is a tech character and has lived in Millennium for the past ten years, you might have hired Garret and you might recognize him if you choose to do so.
- He attended the Millennium City Institute of Technology for a total of six years. If your character has attended this college, it's very likely that they've come across Garret at least once or twice.
Other Notes
- Not very many people would know as this never circulated past its original source, but Garret entertained the idea of a modeling career -- told early on during college that his "exotic appearance" would be a welcome addition to the growing list of superheroes that have provided their likenesses in modeling shoots. One day after assuming the identity of Citadel, Garret took the offer up and provided a centerfold-style pin-up to the magazine Heroes Unmasked which became a very brief hit with the furry community at the time (but never made viral status, to which Garret has been thankful for).
Garret's Soundtrack to Life
Immediate Music - Surrender to Hope -- There's nothing quite like blasting away your enemies and punching their faces in while listening to probably one of the most moving and engaging epic pieces trailer music studios can provide.
Immediate Music - With an Iron Fist -- This is the music he pictures playing whenever he's called to fight against an insanely difficult enemy that so many other heroes have tried to fight, and is suiting up in his armor just for the ocassion.
Immediate Music - Def Con - The music that would be playing when Garret is fighting.
Charayana - Liberation - Garret's a big fan of Trance. Who knew?
Gallery
Citadel by Anabel
Garret Bust Shot by Anabel
Garret Full-Bodied Shot by [NSFW] FurAffinity Artist Maus
(NSFW for adult/explicit content in user's gallery)
Garret posing in the first iteration of the TITAN armor, art by John Becaro.
The TITAN Mk. 2 "Citadel" in-flight and in-action, art by Kenpudiosaki.
